Bottle utilizable as a vase by turning it over



' I July 24, 1928.

' 1,678,588 F. DE GERSON, BORN R. J. BERTHIER BOTTLE UTILIZABLE AS A VASE BY TURNING IT OVER Fild- July 20. 1926 Patented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS DE GEE/SON, BORN RAESFELD JEANNE BERTHIER, 0F PARIS, FRANCE.

BOTTLE UTILIZABLE AS A VASE BY TURNING IT OVER.

Application filed July 20, 1926, Serial No.

The present invention has for object a bottle utilizable as a vase by turning it over.

For that purpose, the invention is characterized in that, on the one hand, the bottom of the bottle presents a more or less accentuated concavity, which forms a vase when the bottle is turned over, and in that, on the other hand, the stopper of the bottle is devised for constituting a sui'licient base for allowing it to support the turned over bottle, in order to constitute the foot of the vase thus obtained.

The shape of the bottle, that of the concavity of its bottom, and that of the stopper can be considerably modified and these modilications can give rise to a large number of designs; the latter can also difler by the .materials constituting them, their colours, and the decorations with which. they are provided.

This invention more particularly relates to the pertumery industry, as this industry needs elegant and decorative bottles which will constitute, if they are made in accordance with the invention, flower vases of the best appearance. Up to now, luxurious bottles containing perfumes and particularly rare perfumes or of the best marks, did not usually receive any other use when they were empty; it was thus necessary, solely tor ensuring a better presentation of the perfumes, to notably increase their price. In a bottle in accordance with the invention, the increase of the price oi the perfume corresponds not only to the luxurious presenta tion of the latter, but also to the cost of an artistical article, constituted by the flower vase which is obtained by turning over the bottle.

But although the use of the bottle in accordance with the invention is particularly.

advantageous in the pertumery trade, it is to be understood that this bottle can recelve any application, without these various applications being outside the scope of the invention,

The accompanying drawing illustrates, by

128,772, and in France October 24, 1925.

way of example only, a form of carrying out the invention.

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the bottle.

F ig. 2 is an elevation of the turned over bottle forming a vase.

In this example, the bottle 1 has a bottom presenting a marked concavity 2 and it is closed by a stopper 3, preferably ground for ensuring perfect fluid-tightness.

By turning over the bottle, for instance when the latter is empty, the concavity 2 serves as a vase and the stopper 3 serves as a foot or base for the said vase.

A. particular application of this bottle consists in utilizing it in combination with artificial flowers and more particularly with the artificial flowers forming the subject matter of my copending patent application filed on the 12th October 1925. In this case, the bottle will advantageously contain rose-water or essence of roses, the perfume of which will complete the illusion produced by the artificial roses contained in the vase.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a bottle having, a reduced neck portion, a concave bottom and sides disposed closely to the bottom of the bottle, a stopper for the bottle mouth, and an enlarged head carried by the stopper of a diameter approximating the largest portion of the bottle whereby to support the latter in an inverted position.

2. In combination, a bottle body having double walls forming a bottom adapted, when inverted, to constitute a receptacle, a reduced neck, and a stopper for said neck having a head of fiat disk-like form substantially equal to the largest portion of the body to constitute a support for the latter when inverted.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANUS de GERSON, born RAESFELD JEANNE BERTHIER. 

